The Board consists of 12 members nominated by various government and non-government organisations in the education sector, outlined in section 7 of the Teacher Registration (Northern Territory) Act 2004. This ensures that the Board represent a breadth of knowledge and experience from the education sector. Additionally, it is intentionally composed for diversity in gender, geographical locations, and cultural identities. As positions on the Board are statutory in nature, members are bound to exercise their duties independently, without acting on behalf of the organisation which nominated them.

Meet the Board

Joe Hewett

s7(1)(a) Person nominated by the Chief Executive Officer

Principal

Shepherdson College

Board Term Expiry: 10 October 2026

Roseanna Brunker

s7(1)(b)(i) Teacher nominated by the Australian Education Union NT Branch (AEUNT) (Remote)

Assistant Principal

Gunbalanya School

Board Term Expiry: 10 October 2028

Gordon Canning

s7(1)(b)(ii) Teacher nominated by the Australian Education Union NT Branch (AEU NT)

Teacher 

Nakara Primary School

Board Term Expiry: 10 October 2026

Greg Hauser

s7(1)(c) Indigenous teacher at a government school nominated by the Chief Executive Officer

Teacher

Nightcliff Primary School

Board Term Expiry: 10 October 2028

Joanne Alford

s7(1)(d) Teacher nominated by the Northern Territory Principals’ Association (NTPA)

Principal

Centralian Senior College

Board Term Expiry: 10 October 2028

Rachel Boyce

s7(1)(e) Educator nominated by the Association of Independent Schools of the NT (AISNT

Deputy Director

AISNT

Board Term Expiry: 10 October 2028

Cassandra Holland

s7(1)(f) Teacher nominated by the Independent Education Union- QLD & NT Branch (IEUQLDNT)

Learning Area Coordinator of Arts and Design, Good Shephard Lutheran College

Board Term Expiry: 10 October 2028

Shane Donohue

Deputy Chair of the Board
s7(1)(g) Educator nominated by the Catholic Education Office (CEO)

Principal Consultant (Catholic Education Office), and 

Principal

Holy Family Catholic Primary School

Vacant

s7(1)(h) Educator nominated by Charles Darwin University (CDU)

Evelyn Schaber

s7(1)(i) Educator nominated by the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education (BIITE)

Senior Lecturer

Batchelor Institute

Board Term Expiry: 10 October 2026

Lorraine Hodgson

Chair of the Board
s7(1)(k) Teacher nominated by the Professional Teachers’ Association of the Northern Territory (PTANT)

Previous Principal

Board Term Expiry: 10 October 2026

Vacant

s7(1)(j) Person nominated by the Northern Territory Council of Government School Organisations (NTCOGSO)